Quality of care for uninsured patients with diabetes in a rural area

Diabetes Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 319-323

  Porterfield, Deborah S ^a,b,d   Kinsinger, Linda ^c  

^a North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0036482286     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.25.2.319     Document Type: Review

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